<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="201805-01"> <title>hesiod: Root privilege escalation </title> <synopsis>A vulnerability was discovered in hesiod which may allow remote attackers to gain root privileges. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">hesiod</product> <announced>2018-05-02</announced> <revised count="1">2018-05-02</revised> <bug>606652</bug> <access>local, remote</access> <affected> <package name="net-dns/hesiod" auto="yes" arch="*"> <vulnerable range="le">3.1.0</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p>DNS functionality to access to DB of information that changes infrequently. </p> </background> <description> <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in hesiod that have remained unaddressed. Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p>A remote or local attacker may be able to escalate privileges to root.</p> </impact> <workaround> <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> </workaround> <resolution> <p>Gentoo has discontinued support for hesiod and recommends that users unmerge the package: </p> <code> # emerge --unmerge "net-dns/hesiod" </code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10151">CVE-2016-10151</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10152">CVE-2016-10152</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2018-04-29T17:50:36Z">b-man</metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2018-05-02T23:52:01Z">b-man</metadata> </glsa>